Chapter 8: The Past

"First of all, every time we mention our father, you don't show any sadness, but you show a look of disgust. If it is true that your father died of illness as you said, then even if your relationship with your father may not be very good, you are at most indifferent, not disgusted from the bottom of your heart. ”

Speaking of this, Duan Yun glanced at his mother, who was already sweating on her forehead, and then continued: "Secondly, you told me that my father died of the plague in Changde County shortly before I was born. But I have already inquired, from the year I was born to the present, it is said that it is Changde County, even if it is within the jurisdiction of Dongyin City, to which Changde County belongs, there has never been a plague. ”

"This ......" Li Hong was shocked by Duan Yun's reasoned and well-founded explanation, although she knew that her son had been very smart since he was a child, but the intelligence and scheming shown by her son today were far beyond her expectations, but even so, she was still unwilling to admit that she was lying, and still defended: "Large-scale plagues did not happen, but there are still small-scale plagues. ”

"Well, even if there was a small outbreak of plague that year. Mother still, Duan Yun had to shake his head helplessly and continued: "But what about that letter, how do you explain that letter." ”

"What letter?" Although Li Hong didn't know what the letter her son was referring to, an ominous premonition vaguely rose in her heart.

Duan Yun didn't answer immediately, but continued to speak plainly: "Since I was very young, I have found that you often hold a letter in your hand, either secretly wiping away tears or gritting your teeth. When I was younger, I didn't think much of it, but as I grew older, I became more and more interested in the contents of the letter. Now I know that the letter was written to you by your father, and the content of it is that your father has sold you. ”

"Nonsense! You can't read, how do you know what the letter is about. Li Hong's expression became extremely nervous.

"yes, I can't read. Duan Yun couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "That's why I need this." As he spoke, Duan Yun took out half a piece of broken paper from his arms, on which were densely written crooked small characters.

"Just a few days after I returned home for New Year's last year, I secretly found the letter and copied it as if it were a drawing. Over the course of several months, I have finally translated all the contents of this letter through many means. ”

After speaking, Duan Yun began to read the content in his heart: "Wife, because I am in a hurry to use five hundred branded gold to turn over the store, today I will temporarily transfer you and Fei'er to the creditor Wang Er, and I will sign the mortgage contract...... I hope that my wife will not be in a hurry, I will pay off the arrears in a month, or a few days at the least, and redeem the two of you. Husband: Duan Shuai. ”

Duan Yun finished his belief, he first walked to his sister, who was already crying, gently hugged his sister's shoulder, and then let out a long sigh, turned his head back to Li Hong and asked, "He hasn't come to redeem you, right?"

At this moment, Li Hong no longer had the heart to argue, but hid his face and cried. Because she was choked, she couldn't answer Duan Yun's question directly, so she could only nod silently. Subsequently, Li Hong finally told his children about the past.

It turned out that Li Hong was also from a big family in the capital. When she was eighteen years old, she married Duan Shuai, a son of the famous Duan family in the royal capital. Although the Duan Shuai family is a side child of the Duan family, it can also be regarded as a big family.

Li Hong thought that marrying into the Duan family would inevitably be relied on for life, but what she never expected was that this handsome man was not only romantic, but also addicted to gambling. After he took charge of the family business, within a few years, the old man of Duan Shuai's family had already been ruined by him.

After losing all his savings, Duan Shuai went to the Duan family's lineage to seek help, but the Duan family, as a big family, has a lot of side families, Duan Shuai is nothing in their eyes, and he is a gentleman who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, so he was sent away without much benefit from the lineage. In the end, Duan Shuai's family had to rely on the help of Li Hong's mother's family to barely survive.

In the year when Li Hong was pregnant with Duan Yun, Li Hong's mother's family had an accident, Li Hong's father died, and her brother Li Ning was in charge of the Li family's family business.

Li Hong was originally a concubine, and his relationship with his brother Li Ning was not very harmonious, and Li Ning looked down on Duan Shuai, the brother-in-law of the loser, so the first thing he did after he took charge of the family business was to cut off all the help to Duan Shuai's family, in his words, he would rather throw away all the money than support Duan Shuai, a parasite.

Since then, Li Hong has basically not stepped on the threshold of her mother's house again, not because she doesn't want to go back, but because her brother Li Ning doesn't welcome him back.

In Li Ning's view, the girl who marries out is the water that is spilled, and she is not her own person at all, plus in order to help Duan Shuai's family, she has dragged the Li family down enough, and finally took power today, and I can't wait to quickly get rid of the relationship with Duan Shuai's family and this sister.

Although Li Hong also resented her incompetent husband in her heart, for the sake of Fei'er and Duan Yun, who had not yet been born, she still did not give up, and persuaded Duan Shuai every day to get rid of those bad habits and live with her. But how can a gentleman like Duan Shuai change, as long as the family has money, he will go to prostitution and gambling.

In the end, what Li Hong never expected was that Duan Shuai, who was really desperate, actually used his wife and children as collateral to borrow loan sharks to go to the casino to turn over the book, and the result can be imagined. Since then, she has never seen Duan Shuai again.

Because Duan Shuai was unable to repay the loan sharks owed, Li Hong was forced to sell himself to pay off the debt. At that time, she was pregnant, and she begged the creditor to wait for her to give birth to a child before paying the debt, but how could the creditor pay attention to this, and directly put on the battle in person, in his words, he wanted to personally understand the evil seed in Li Hong's belly.

It's also strange to say that Li Hong has picked up customers at least a dozen times a day since she picked up customers to give birth, but the child in her belly just doesn't fall off, and even the creditors and prostitutes feel incredible, and privately nicknamed the little guy in Li Hong's belly: "Immortal Xiaoqiang." ”

The interest on the debt owed by Duan Shuai is extremely high, and it is profitable, fortunately, Li Hong in her youth can be regarded as a great beauty, but there are many sons and brothers who are willing to spend a lot of money for her, but even so, it took Li Hong five years to barely pay off the debt.

After paying off the debt, Li Hong left this sad place in the royal capital and came to Changde County, at first she also tried to find some serious work to do, but soon after she adopted Li Xin'er and her son was favored by Master Wang, in order to make up Li Xin'er's medical fees and bear her son's high annual tuition fees, she had to return to her old business, and did this unsightly skin and meat business.

It's a pity that she is now old, the price is not too high, and Changde County is small, and the skin and meat business is not as easy to do as Wangdu, which makes even if she returns to that shameful profession, it is only barely supported.

After listening to their mother's account of the past, Duan Yun and Duan Fei'er both left tears of sadness, once, the two of them also had some small complaints about their mother's engagement in such a lowly industry, but at this moment this complaint has completely disappeared, replaced by admiration for a great mother.

At the same time, Li Xin'er also silently hid her face and cried, although she was just an outsider about this matter, she was also a dusty woman, and she could still empathize with this sorrow.

"Mother, woo woo woo ......" Duan Fei'er threw herself directly into her mother's arms, and the two women hugged each other tightly, crying silently.

Duan Yun also left tears full of affection, today he finally opened the knot in his heart for many years, at this moment, he has completely lost interest in that mysterious father, as if that person disappeared out of thin air or does not exist at all, it has nothing to do with him at all.

In its place is the endless love for the woman who gave up her dignity and endured pain in order to raise her children, and supported a family with her weak shoulders alone. Since then, Duan Yun's determination to make the three most important women in his life live a good life through his own efforts has become even firmer.

After staying at home for a few more days, Duan Yun prepared to return to Wang's house in Yongan County. What surprised him a little was that in addition to being accompanied by his mother on this journey, Duan Fei'er and Li Xin'er also came with him.

Over the years, my mother sometimes went to the Wang family with me, but as for what to do, my mother never talked about it, but today Duan Fei'er and the two of them also followed, which made Duan Yun incomprehensible.

Li Hong's explanation is an understatement, that is, Changde County has not been peaceful recently, and there are often flower thieves haunting, and it is not safe to leave them at home.

The two counties of Yong'an and Changde are very close to each other, and it only takes more than half a day to travel by carriage, and in the evening, the family arrived at Wang's house.

Every time Li Hong came, he was arranged in a bedroom in the inner courtyard of the Wang family, and Duan Yun originally planned not to go back to the firewood room where he lived at night, so he talked with his sister and Xin'er in the room in this inner courtyard all night.

But to his surprise, his mother refused his request to stay on the grounds that it was inconvenient for girls and boys to be together at night, and Duan Fei'er also said that she was too tired to rest early, so she asked Duan Yun to leave the room early.

After Duan Yun left, Li Hong found a reason to send Li Xin'er out, and at this time, only she and Duan Fei'er were left in the room.

She turned around slowly and gently hugged Duan Fei'er in her arms: her voice trembled and said, "Fei'er, I really wronged you this time, my mother is sorry for you." ”

Duan Fei'er was silent for a while, when she peeked into her mother's slightly closed eyes, and tears fell from the corners of her eyes from time to time. She tried to squeeze a smile from the corner of her mouth and said, "Mother, I don't blame you, if I can use my body to exchange my brother for a good future, even if I am wronged, it is worth it." ”

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